BBC North West Tonight

Did anyone notice at the end of last nights 6.30 edition a different endcap?

It was hideous. It looked like a home made version of the 2008 generic endcap used in other regions.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3578/nwt121.png

Anyone else joined North West Tonight and Granada Reports on Facebook? Both programmes seem to be making a good attempt at it, NWT's has lots of behind the scenes pictures, where as Granada seem to update their status quite often.

Does look very home-made. I don't really get why they changed it; couldn't they have just reduced the font size on the original one in order to incorporate their Facebook URL?

Just noticed the inconsistency there. Why is facebook.com prefixed with www and bbc.co.uk not?

because of the BBC URL Onscreen guidelines, stating all BBC URLs do not need www. prefixed.

Doesn't explain the inconsistency really. facebook url should be aligned to bbc one then I would say.

Think the "www." is generally not needed. Certainly verbally - how many times do you hear tv and radio presenters miss a w?!

I notice Granada's facebook is giving the NWT's a run for it's fans.

I checked earlier and facebook doesn't require www. On some sites it is necessary but either way the graphic should be consistent.

True. I just think it's sloppy design. Very little thought has gone into that graphic.

I don't know what the BBC's guidelines are when giving out other companies website addresses, perhaps they state that www. should always precede the address?

http://www.ashfish.net/nwtnewendcap.jpg



Indeed, Gorden's tripped over it at least once this week. I don't think it's that bad, not fantabulous, but it's not as bad as some opf the mocked up grahics we've seen from some regions before. Of a bigger note though is the BBC news box has been removed to accommodate these.